THE QUINTS' BABY BROTHER IS CHRISTENED
Archbishop Alexandre Vachon of Ottowa, is pictured at the home of the famous Dionne Quints at Cor
bell, Ont., where he officiated at the baptism of their baby brother, Joseph Alexander Claude, born
September 2. He is the 18th child born to Mr. and Mrs. Olivia Dionne. An older sister, Theresa, holds
the baby as the parents and other children look on. Photo copyright 1946 by King Features Syndi
cate, Inc. (NC Phptos)
Winston-Salem
Two more stained glass windows
have been installed in St. Bene
dict the Moor Church. This brings
to eight the number of windows
already installed. The work is
being done by the High Point
Glass and Decorative Company of
High Point. It was anoucned by
the pastor, Fr. Martin J. Collins
O. F. M. that the remaining two
windows would be installed some
time this month.
The ladies of the St. Monica’s
Guild of Saint Benedict,the Moor
church are giving an oyster din
ner on Friday night, November 1.
The dinner will be held in the
church hall and the proceeds will
go towards painting the interior
of the church.
The parish of St. Benedict the
Moor keeps growing steadily. Two
baptisms during the week past
brought to eighty-four the total
number of baptisms since the dedi
cation of our church in 1941. One
of the recently baptized is Leona
B. Wilkins, daughter o E. H. Wil
kins of 920 East 14th St. She is a
convert to the faith and at pres
ent is employed as teacher of
music at Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Va.
The other baptism was that of
the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Baron of 1510 East 14th
St. He makes their sixth child
living, four having died. All the
Baron family are members of St.
Benedict’s Church. The father is
employed by the Civil Service.
Fayetteville
Greetings to the first issue of
The North Carolina Catholic on
behalf of the “big little” parish
of St. Ann’s in Fayetteville. We
wish every success and pledge our
full support to the paper and we
look eagerly forward to the first
issue.
I refer to St. Ann’s as the “big
little” parish because it has a
capacity of only one huiidred and
thirty, , yet I daresay that since
it was erected in 1940 its activities
„ and high ranking dignitaries who
have visited would rival, if not
surpass, parishes of many times
its size. It is a beautiful little
colonial type structure of dark red
face brick, located on a large, roll
ing, green lawn. In Fayetteville
it is just off the highway 15A, one
block from the center of the city
as you enter from the direction of
Raleigh. It is not hard to draw
from the preceding lines that we
are proud of St. Ann’s and wish it
to be everything $liat our fine and
first pagtor, , father William P.
Ryan, O. M. I. would have it be.
Contributory to the activities of
St. Ann’s and linked with worthy
efforts of Catholic laymen of the
state, the Holy Name Society is
now enjoying its third year of ex
istence at the Parish. Having re
ceived its official charter three
years ago with a membership of
"ten, this has now increased to a
membership of fifteen. The first
meeting of the fall season was held
Sunday afternoon, September 22,
at which time Father Ryan gave,
a talk to outline the work to be
done and things to hope for.
—Paul H. Mitchell
Wadesboro
A Catholic church will be* built
in Wadesboro in memory of the
late James D. Horne and the late
Capt. and Mrs. John F. Divine of
Wilmington. The building and lot
will be the gift of Mrs. James D.
Home and her daughters, Eliza
beth, Virginia, Mrs. George W.
Little, Mrs. S. H. Southerland. The
late Capt. and Mrs. Divine are
the parents of Mrs. Horne.
The church will be dedicated to
the glory of God through the Sa
cred Heart of Jesus and will be
called Sacred Heart Church. The
type of the church is English
country-style architecture and will
be built of brick. Its size is 69 by
25 feet. The central panel of the
memorial triple window in the
front end will have a figure of
Jesus and His most Sacred Heart.
The side panels will have figures
of St. James and St. John, select
ed because they, together with St.
Peter were specially favored by
our Lord in witnessing the Trans
figuration and the Agony in the
Garden. These saints were also
selected because they bear. the
names of those in whose memory
the church is erected.
Contract for the building has
been let to J. S. Steams of Mon
roe. Priority has been secured
for its erection fronvt^e Civilian
Production Administation. J. A.
Malcolm of Charlotte drew the
plans>
Asheville
A special meeting of the parish
ioners of St. Lawrence Catholic
Church in Asheville, was held in
the Laurentine Hall last June 4
for the purpose of forming a Noith
Carolina Catholic daymen’s Asso
ciation. Monsignor Bour opened
the meeting with prayers anji
words of welcome to the many
parishioners in attendance and in
troduced Mr. Dale Francis of Ra!
fc.gh, who explained the reasois
fi:r the format’.on of the Associa
tion and the need for a Catholic
Press in the state.
This was enthusiastically re
ceived by those present and a com
mittee was immediately selected
to proceed with the solicitation of
memberships. Members of the
committee were Mr. William E.
Guilka, Miss Evelyn Fragge, Mr.
Robert Reusing, Mrs. Julian A.
Woodcock, Jr., Mrs. James Flynn,
Mrs. Richard B. Meehan, Mr.
Francis Cain, Mrs. J. T. Cocnan,
Mr. Edward Hogan, Miss Sarah
Clement and Miss Agnes Kuehl.
When the membershp drive
ended after a period of three
weeks the Committee reported to
Monsignor Bour chat the members
of St. Lawrence Church had sup
ported whole-heartedly this com
mendable movement and that al
most a 100 per cent membership
had been attained.
. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hargis of
15 Buckingham Court have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Edith Marie Har
gis, to Eugene Alexander Precin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Precin
of Chicago.
The wedding will take place
on Tuesday, October 8. The ser
vice will be performed by Mon
signor Louis J. Bour
—By “Michael"
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Washington
St. Agnes Academy opened its
ninth year on September 4 by in
augurating the ' seventh grade.
Each year from the opening of
the kindergarten night years ago,
a grade has been added and the
school has grown steadily.
Rev. Edward T. Gilbert, who
has directed the school since its
start in 1937, expressed satisfac
tion over this year’s enrollment,
which has increased each year.
This year’s faculty is again
headed by Mother M. de Chantal.
Returning to the school this year
also are Sister Mary Albert and
Sister M. Giraldi. New faculty
member is Sister Phillip Marie,
who taught at St. Ann School,
Devon, Conn., last year. Sister
Phillip Marie has charge of the
kindergarten and the music de
partment.
Patrons of the school as well
as members of St. Agnes church
were keenly dissapointed this year
when Sister Theresa Clare, who
had been a member of the school
faculty for three years, did not re
turn. They were happy, how
ever, to learn of her promotion to
Superior in change of the Rocky
Mount school.
Father Gilbert had hoped to be
able to start construction of the
new school building but it is be
ing* delayed until the costs of
building materials become stabil
ized again.
A campaign was started in 1945
to begin a school fund. The firtt
year was very Successful and the
fund is growing steadily a^jthe
second year gets under way.
Mother of Mercy school opened
this year with the largest'enroll
ment in the history of the insti
tution, Father Ernest P. Welch,
C. P„ announced.
The school has a total of 213
students this year as compared
¥jth 175 during the 1945-46 term.
he grammar school has 172 pu
pils and compared with 143 last
year while the high school has
41 compared with 32 during the
previous year. This is an increase
of 22 per cent.
The school faculty is again
headed by Mother M. Cyprian.
One new Nun Sister Agnes Ber
nard, who taught at Saint Mat
thews School, Stroudsburg, Penn;,
has replaced Sister Maria Vineent,
fourth and fifth grade teacher,
who has been transferred to Saint
£
Mary’s School, Upper Marlboro,
Maryland. s
During the summer months a
renovation program took place in
the school with Father Welch and
his able assistant, the Rev. Daniel 5
McDevitt, in charge. Much paint
ing and repair work was done, *
greatly improving the appearance
of the* school.
“We are looking forward to the
most successful year in the history
of Mother of Mercy Mssion,” fa
ther Welch stated.
Mother of Mercy Mission was
established in Washington in 1927
by the Rev. Charles Hannegan,
who was then living in New Bern,
A few months later the Rev. Fa
ther*Mark Moselin came to Wash
ington as the first resident pastor
and took charge. It was one of
the early Negro Missions in the
state.
When Father Mark took over
there was only a small one-story
frame combination chapel and
school. When he went into retire
ment a few years ago the school
was an imposing two-story brick
structure with a brick rectory and
a large convent of the Sisters.
Father Mark, now in his 93rd
year, is in retirement at the Pas
sionists Monastery at Baltimore,
Md.
The two members of the 1946
graduating class of Mother of
Mercy ‘ Mission are attending
schools of higher education this
year.
Latham Mann has enrolled at
Duqjiuesne University, Pittsburgh,
Penn., while Wilhelmina Whitey
has enrolled at Xavier University,
New Orleans, La.
—Fred B. Pendleton
New Bern
Music lovers of New Bern en
joyed an unusual musical treat
recently when Allen O. Brown of *
Pollocksville entertained the pub
lic with a piano concert in Egan
Hall. Mr. Brown, a graduate of
North Carolina State College for
Negroes, is now a member of the
American College of Music in Chi
cago, and of the Chicago Bureau
of Artists. >
On August 30, Peter O’Farrow’s
band, “The Jumping Jacks,’ * from
Mother of Mercy’s Parish, Wash
ington, N. C. conducted a dance
in Egai\ Hall* A large crowd of
young people enjoyed an evening
of fun.
—Ernestine Wynn
St
it
“Japan is ready for conversion,” writes Father Charles A. Robinson,
S. J, (above), former chaplain on the USS Missouri, and now teach
ing English language at Sophia University, Tokyo, whefe 1,000 stu
dents have registered. He also teaches a course in, Bible knowledge
to 800 grade students at a non-Catholic high school there. Before
entering the service he taught classes in Japanese at St. Lends Uni
versity. (NC Photos)